Shri Ganesha
Itihasa
Dharma and Philosophy
Sites in Bharat
100

Shri Ganesha's vahana is this animal

Mushak

100

This relative of Ravana opposed his decision to abduct Sita and later fought alongside Shri Rama.

Vibhishana

100

This is the fourth and final purushartha, following dharma, artha, and kama.

Moksha

100

This city on the Ganga is traditionally regarded as especially sacred to Bhagwan Shiva.

Kashi

200

Shri Ganesha Chaturthi falls in which Hindu Month?

Bhadrapad

200

This warrior was the only Pandava who knew how to enter the Chakravyuha, but not how to escape it.

Abhimanyu

200

These three qualities of prakriti - sattva, rajas, and tamas, are collectively known as _____ ?

The three gunas

200

These four pilgrimage sites: Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram, collectively bear this name.

Char Dham

300

Shri Ganesha served as the scribe while this sage dictated the Mahabharata.

Ved Vyasa

300

This warrior was born as Devavrata and received his better-known name after taking a terrible vow.

Bhishma

300

Of the four Vedas, this one primarily provides prose formulas and instructions used by priests in the performance of yajnas.

Yajurveda

300

This famous temple in Tamil Nadu is dedicated to Shiva as the lord of the cosmic dance.

Chidambaram Nataraja Temple

400

This temple was built by a sweet-shop owner in the 1890s after he lost his son to plague, and its idol today is adorned with gold worth several crores — making it one of the richest and most visited Ganesha shrines in India despite being barely 130 years old. .

Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati Mandir (Pune)
400

The only two people who watched the "entire" Mahabharata War. Name any one.

Sanjay and Barbarik

400

Hanuman is one of the Chiranjivis—beings traditionally believed to live across the ages. Name any three other Chiranjivis.

Vibhishana, Parashurama, Vyasa, Ashwatthama, Kripacharya, Mahabali

400

This town is one of the rare sacred sites with both a Jyotirlinga and a Shakti Peetha in the same premises

Srisailam

500

According to the Puranas, Ganesha manifests in eight incarnations, each associated with overcoming a particular inner weakness or demonic force. This incarnation, depicted riding a peacock, defeats the demon Sindhu.

Mayureshwara

500

In the Ramayana, this architect among the Vanaras designed and built the bridge to Lanka, and is later said to have built the city of Dwarka in some Puranic traditions as well.

Nala

500

The traditional Hindu Panchanga gets its name from its five “angas,” or components. Name all five.

Tithi, Vara, Nakshatra, Yoga, and Karana.

500

This Kerala temple is famous for a deity depicted in Anantashayana, reclining upon the serpent Ananta.

Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple